MEDICAL AND SURGICAL STAFF. CONSULTING PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. EDWARD REYNOLDS, M.D. SILAS DURKEE, M.D. BENJ. E. COTTING, M.D. CHARLES E. BUCKINGHAM, M.D. DEPARTMENT FOR SKIN DISEASES, OUT-PATIENTS. DEPARTMENT FOR EAR DISEASES, OUT-PATIENTS. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. CITY HOSPITAL, BOSTON, April 30, 1873. TO THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL: GENTLEMEN :—The Board of Trustees of the City Hospital, in compliance with the Ordinances, respectfully present herewith their Ninth Annual Report. Number of Patients remaining in the Hospital, April 30, 1872 Admitted during the year, Medical Surgical Ophthalmic Small-pox Treated during the year Discharged Died Remaining in Hospital, April 30, 1873 Largest number in Hospital at any time 223 1,667 1,339 78 220 -3,304 3,527 . 2,942 351 -3,293 234 264 172 218 days 221 In the department for out-patients, there were treated : Number of visits made by out-patients to the Hospital : The accompanying reports of the physicians and surgeons in attendance upon the Hospital are transmitted herewith, and furnish tabulated statements of all the cases, with their results, treated during the year, which reach a total of 11,035 in all the departments of the Hospital. The report of the Superintendent and Resident Physician gives further information regarding the work accomplished at the Hospital, in the case of those who have sought its benefits, and exhibits also a statement in detail of the expenditures made in maintaining it. The number of patients in the Hospital during the year, 3,527, were under treatment at an average of 22 days each, making a total of 79,570 days or 11,3674 weeks. The entire cost of maintaining the Hospital for the year, including every expenditure, and the unexpected expenses incurred in the small-pox department, was at the rate of |